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From: brian@shift.utell.net (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FBSD, WIN95 and Wingate
Date: 2 Jun 1997 14:41:48 GMT
Organization: Awfulhak Ltd.
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In article <EB5D9B.FwF@ict.nl>,
rombout@mlc.nl (Rombout de Backer) writes:
> In article <33927C40.446B9B3D@FreeBSD.org>, "Jordan K. Hubbard"
> <jkh@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
>
>>Wingate is evil. Exceedingly limited and nowhere near as easy to use as
>>true NAT. Get FreeBSD 2.2.1 or later and use ppp's -alias option to
>>provide NAT to the other WinXX boxes. Much easier, much more powerful.
>
> Does NAT allow one to do ethernet translation?
>
> E.g., I have a box with two ethernet adapters (ed0 and ed1). ed0 is connected
> to the internet and is only allowed to use one IP address. ed1 is connected to
> a local network with all local IP addresses (for instance, in the 10 A class
> range).
>
> Can the box to some conversion (linux can), so the users connected at ed1 can
> enter the internet using my box?
Yep. Compliments of Charles Mott. Recently Ari Suutari wrote natd -
a program that'll use Charles' libraries to traslate addresses on any
interface.
> Thanks,
> Rombout (rombout@mlc.nl).
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.org> <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.org>
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